It has been invariably my experience that I could count on his cooperation and sympathy in every matter concerning my scientific work.
C. V. RAMANThis was the reason why I decided, as far as possible, not to accept money from the government.
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It was my great good fortune, while I was still a student at college, to have possessed a copy of an English translation of his great work.
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In the first English class I attended, Prof. E. H. Elliot, addressing me, asked if I really belonged to the Junior B. A. class, and I had to answer him in the affirmative. He then proceeded to inquire how old I was.
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From Calcutta has gone forth a living stream of knowledge in many branches of study. It is inspiring to think of the long succession of scholars, both Indian and European, who have lived in this city, made it their own, and given it of their best.
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The fundamental importance of the subject of molecular diffraction came first to be recognized through the theoretical work of the late Lord Rayleigh on the blue light of the sky, which he showed to be the result of the scattering of sunlight by the gases of the atmosphere.
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The sunlit face of the earth would appear to shine by the light diffused back into space from the land and water-covered areas.
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I think what is needed in India today is the destruction of that defeatist spirit.
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We must teach science in the mother tongue. Otherwise, science will become a highbrow activity.
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When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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It is not often that idealism of student days finds adequate opportunity for expression in the later life of manhood.
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We need a spirit of victory, a spirit that will carry us to our rightful place under the sun, a spirit which can recognize that we, as inheritors of a proud civilization, are entitled to our rightful place on this planet. If that indomitable spirit were to arise, nothing can hold us from achieving our rightful destiny.
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In the history of science, we often find that the study of some natural phenomenon has been the starting point in the development of a new branch of knowledge.
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When we consider the fact that nearly three-quarters of the surface of the globe is covered by oceanic water.
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It was the late Dr. Mahendra Lal Sircar who, by founding the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, made it possible for the scientific aspirations of my early years to continue burning brightly.
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And it was this belief which led to the subject becoming the main theme of our activities at Calcutta from that time onwards.
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I would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage.
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